Biography:
Deno Ganakes began working as a matte artist at Disney Studios during the sixties under Peter Ellenshaw supervision. He continued under Alan Maley and Harrison Ellenshaw until the early 80´S. He assisted Mat Yurich on the matte painting for “Ghost Busters ”
“The Black Hole” matte crew at Disney matte department.
From left to right: David Mattingly, Harrison Ellenshaw, Don Henry, Constantine Ganakes, and Ed Sekac.
An Ocean liner painted moving across the frame for Herbie goes Bananas(1980) One of the few Disney films for which he received screen credit.
Filmography:
- Ghostbusters(1984)(matte art
assistant)
- The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
(1980) (TV) (portrait)
- Midnight madness(1980)
(matte artist)
- Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
(matte artist)
- The Black Hole (1979) (matte
artist)
- The Love Bug rides again
(1974) ( assistant matte artist)
- Island on Top of the World
(1974) ( assistant matte artist)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
(1970) ( assistant matte artist)
- The Love Bug (1968) (
assistant matte artist)
- Mary Poppins (1964) (
assistant matte artist)